Guyana News

Education Minister Shaik Baksh yesterday expressed deep concern about what he said was the negligence of the Region Four administration in carrying out critical renovation works at the Golden Grove Secondary School which has been at the centre of an uproar over its poor condition.

Police Corporal Sherwin Smith yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of Counsellor Ralph Turpin and was later remanded to prison until October 10 by Magistrate Sueann Lovell.

Seven persons have been left homeless after their 135 Silverballi Street, Meadow Brook home went up in flames around 13:30 hrs while two of the occupants were asleep.

Community leaders and residents of Linden are continuing to highlight the substandard quality of works being done under an ongoing $300 million road and drainage rehabilitation programme.

Five months after their homes were destroyed, victims of the Easter Monday Kingston fire are still at the site awaiting word from the Ministry of Housing for land allocation.

Suriname was genuinely shocked that Guyana referred their maritime dispute to the International Tribunal of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and had always tried to ensure that in efforts to resolve the issue the three segments of the boundary – land, river and sea – were not disaggregated but were treated as one in order to get leverage for a settlement, a cable released by WikiLeaks has revealed.

Chief Labour Officer Yoganand Persaud is today expected to meet the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and the RUSAL subsidiary BCGI, the first such engagement he has had with both parties for months.

Cabinet has approved four contracts which will see improvement in the agriculture and infrastructure areas.

The PPP/C has failed to stimulate sufficient economic growth for more than a decade-and-a-half, according to former finance minister Carl Greenidge, who says that the opposition coalition APNU, once elected, would focus on creating jobs and the development of natural resources to increase output and available markets.

China’s role in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will need to adapt and evolve if it is going to have a lasting, positive impact, a new World Bank report has said.

Farmers have been testing new lines/candidate varieties of rice for this crop and were reminded that they can only achieve good yields if they work hard and have good agronomic practices.

Registration and elections staff are expected to occupy more than 2000 polling stations that will be available at the upcoming general elections.

Chaos broke out at Eccles, East Bank Demerara on Monday, as a swarm of bees stung a mechanic and his relatives, killing him in the process.

The Environmental Community Health Organisation (Echo) has launched its Health Schools Competition at 14 schools in Region Three and plans to start its recycling project and clubs next month end.

The Port Kaituma and Mabaruma Adventist churches collectively donated $110,000 to students in the North West District in monetary forms and also in form of school supplies such as uniforms, footwear and school bags.

The case against Rajendra ‘Jet Ley’ Gussai was yesterday dismissed in the High Court before Justice Roxane George after members of the jury returned to the court room and announced a unanimous not guilty verdict.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) is observing Fire Prevention Week from October 9 with a church service at the Ministry of Culture’s Sports Complex and number of exhibitions for school children.

The Child Protection Agency on Monday started a week of activities including a grand school rally in Mahdia, and several areas countrywide to raise awareness about child abuse.

International cosmetics brand Garnier has provided sponsorship and is collaborating with organisers for Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) 2011 set for this weekend at the GCC Ground.

The Shaheed Boys and Girls Orphanages have appointed Counsellor Yernesi Yansen to assist in the administration of the facilities.